Michelle Hiner is the recipient of Howard Leventhal Scholarship for Trainees

Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research’s Howard Leventhal Scholarship for Trainees provides promising doctoral students with funds to jump-start their investigative careers. Howard Leventhal, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and Board of Governors Professor, furthered health psychology research through theoretical and empirical contributions spanning the fields of emotion, illness behavior, and illness attribution. Michelle Hiner is the recipient of the 2026 Award.